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. 2014 Jan 15;5(3):233–240. doi: 10.1007/s12687-013-0180-y

Table 2.

Association of report of family history of cancer with demographic and pathological markers

No Yes
n = 1,712 % n = 1,734 % p value
Age 61.98 ± 14.47 59.10 ± 13.33 <0.0001a
Age category
 >50 1,304 0.76 1,241 0.72
 <50 408 0.24 493 0.28 0.00 1.27 1.09 1.48
Gender
 Female 1,679 0.98 1,717 0.99 1.00
 Male 31 1.80 15 0.09 0.02 0.47 0.26 0.88
Race
 Caucasian 508 547 1.00
 African American 1,042 1,022 0.22 1.10 0.95 1.27
 Hispanic 111 124 0.80 0.96 0.73 1.28
Grade
 1 234 0.17 198 0.13 1.00
 2 545 0.39 618 0.42 0.01 0.75 0.60 0.93
 3 634 0.45 666 0.45 0.05 0.81 0.66 1.00
 Grade 1 vs. 2/3 1,179 0.83 1,284 0.87 0.02 1.29 1.05 1.58
ER
 Positive 689 0.77 721 0.74 1.00
 Negative 210 0.23 258 0.26 0.13 1.17 0.95 1.45
PR
 Positive 587 0.65 594 0.61 1.00
 Negative 310 0.35 382 0.39 0.04 1.22 1.01 1.47
HER2
 Positive 3 0.19 6 0.18 1.00
 Negative 13 0.81 28 0.82 0.93 0.93 0.20 4.31
ER/PR
 Positive 701 0.78 720 0.74 1.00
 Both negative 195 0.22 254 0.26 0.03 1.27 1.02 1.57

aIndependent t test F = 16.87, t = 6.08